Please help - I'm driving myself mad!!!

I'm on day 24 of a 26/31 cycle (though tend to usually be about 28 days). On Sat (day 22), at the end of the day, I had some brown cm (sorry tmi) and was realy surprised as I've had that before a few days before af comes but never a week or more before. Thought it must just be a very short cycle (again I was surprised as last month was 26 days and I usually have a long cycle if I've just had a short one) and expected more spotting, but nothing at all yesterday or today.

On month 8 and hb has just gone away for 6 months and I *really* need to 'talk' to someone about this!!! I'm getting myself convinced that it was implantation bleeding but I'm so scared I'm completely wrong and I'm going to feel so gutted if it hasn't worked again this month. I've been ok the last few months when af has arrived but I've had no symptoms at all then so not got my hopes up

So, what do you think girls? What could it have been? Am I being stupid getting my hopes up? Could it have been something else? And does anyone know how soon I could test to see if this is good news (I'm pretty sure I only ov early last week, so feel as if I'll only get BFNs for ages yet).

Grrrr, even writing this I feel as if I'm being silly and am just going to get af in a week and feel rotten.

you are not being silly, you silly girl. LOLIts hard to secong guess whether its just one of those things or pregnant. Would wish you every luck for the latter. Would be an excellent xmas present and great news for hubbie when he returns. Good luck and extra sticky babydust. Filo x

Can't really put your mind at rest because it could be implanation bleeding but it could just be your body playing tricks... I had bleeding just before I got my BFP. I actually tested because I always used to have heavy periods and it was so light that I didn't know what it was (I'd only stopped the pill that month). So about three days after it started I did a test expecting a negative (to confirm it was my period) and bingo!

If you do have some bleeding early on occasions then it may just be that. But it could be something else... I would advise waiting a couple of days and then testing. If it is implanation it may still take until you are due for a positive to show. I suggest patience but I know how hard that is!

Thanks ladies, it really does help to get another perspective. You're both so right, unfortunately only time will tell. I'm soooooo impatient though!!!

I suppose the reason I'm getting excited is that you get used to your own body and it's habits and this isn't something that's ever happened before. Then again in the early months I was convinced I was pg every month because I had a brand new symptom and I wasn't, so perhaps to early to be getting out the party poppers!!